Gomez v. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

*118ORDER REMANDING ENROLLMENT COMMITTEE DETERMINATION

KATHARINE ENGLISH, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND

The procedural setting of this case is both somewhat unusual and somewhat complicated.1 Identifying the issue before the Court thus requires more extensive discussion than might be true in many cases.

Petitioner appeals from the Enrollment Committee’s decision to deny his application for enrollment in the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (Tribe). The basis of the committee’s decision is not entirely clear. The letter from the committee to Petitioner simply says…